“I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.”

“...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty, the freedom to go where one chose if one was held back by one's color? No, I preferred the Eiffel Tower, which made no promises."~ Josephine Baker, once she had seen the Eiffel Tower”

“He was my cream, and I was his coffee -And when you poured us together, it was something.”

“We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.”

“Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body?”

“The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.”

“I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.”